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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..My pet peeve along these lines is the Training downtime action. This is true... but the player could always decide not to take the... -
hawkeyefan reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with
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I will say, it certainly seems to be the BitD version of a munchkin. One small caveat to that: flashbacks. The GM is the one who... -
hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..That's typically been my experience is that once players kind of get settled with the game, they then enjoy the traumas because it shows...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Yes, you did. But @dave2008 had jumped in before you had, and I was explaining to him why I would ask someone to justify their opinion...
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hawkeyefan reacted to zakael19's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
My Songs players were super cautious for a while, and then it was like a switch flipped and they started racing each other for their...
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hawkeyefan reacted to JConstantine's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
So, it is absolutely a rule incentive in that vein. To explain, it is probably better to work backwards. There are four XP triggers...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Oh, absolutely... ultimately, that's the only justification anyone needs. But, in the context of why I asked @Micah Sweet is because...
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hawkeyefan reacted to dave2008's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
No, I don't think that is possible. I believe you think it is possible, but I don't. Simple as that. However, for all practical...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..I've seen it mentioned online in places. It's not something I've encountered a lot in actual play. Most players seem to want to avoid...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Campbell's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
So, when I play Vampire - The Requiem, Dune 2d20, Monsterhearts, Apocalypse World or Sorcerer because the scenarios and world building...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..What? How does what's plausible "exist outside the DM"? I mean... someone moving is perfectly plausible. What if the GM, as part of...
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hawkeyefan reacted to AnotherGuy's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
I'd say out of the two, your monthly campaign comes closer to how I run things for my bi-weekly game, with differences of course. I...
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hawkeyefan reacted to pemerton's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
By actor stance, author stance and director stance, do you mean this? In Actor stance, a person determines a character's decisions and...
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hawkeyefan reacted to Enrahim's post in the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting. with Like.
Of course not. The point of example of the extreme (if no consistency then no agency) is to increase the contrast of a phenomenom so...
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hawkeyefan replied to the thread D&D General [rant]The conservatism of D&D fans is exhausting..Sure, but that's not really what I said. What you seem to be calling "drama" seems to be more conflict with personal stakes. That one...